Hamilton County Business Center, Inc. (HCBC) is an entrepreneurial assistance hub for entrepreneurs, early stage growth businesses, inventors, researchers, spin-offs, and startups in Southwest Ohio.
HCBC is a nationally-recognized business incubation program that helps Greater Cincinnati entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. HCBC's incubation program caters to entrepreneurs who are starting up innovative and growing businesses.
HCBC's incubator is roughly 70,000 square feet and houses, on average, 50 startups at a time, including companies like
Zebra Mobile, a mobile content distributor,
Seven/Seventy Nine, a film and video producer, and
General Nano, a manufacturer of carbon nanotubes.
Since 1989, HCBC has been the home to 260 business start-ups. HCBC provides entrepreneurs flexible space, administrative services, and business coaching in a vibrant atmosphere. "Unlike any other program in Greater Cincinnati, HCBC accelerates the growth of entrepreneurial ventures through knowledgeable planning and implementation, while continually reviewing the results and
assisting in adjustments to aid our clients growth opportunities," says Patrick Longo, HCBC vice president and director.
HCBC has successfully graduated 110 businesses to the Southwest Ohio marketplace. HCBC's success rate is nearly 70 percent -- more than five times the national average.
"HCBC was the perfect segway from a coffeeshop office to a legitimate brick and mortar as we were growing in the early years," says Joshua Johnson, CEO of Mindbox Studios and a 2009 graduate of HCBC. "The best value, besides the affordable office space, was the time Pat Longo personally spent with my partners and me. He was an invaluable source of information and the sounding
board for many of our crazy ideas."
HCBC also offers programming to entrepreneurs in the region including Morning Mentoring, SoundingBoard and Regional Entrepreneurs Forum.
HCBC is affiliated with HCDC and the State of Ohio Thomas Edison Technology & Innovation Program.
For more information, visit
http://www.hcdc.com/incubation.
By Elizabeth Edwards
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